- Source: Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira (Latin: Dioecesis Guairiensis) is a diocese located in the city of La Guaira in the ecclesiastical province of Caracas in Venezuela.
History
On 15 April 1970 Pope Paul VI established the Diocese of La Guaira from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Caracas.
Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrimage
La Guaira is home to the oldest pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes in Latin America. The devotion began in 1884 when a Venezuelan priest, Fr Machado, returned from a pilgrimage to the original Lourdes grotto in France. He established a shrine in the mountain of El Ávila. Every year, with only very few exceptions, a 20 Km pilgrimage takes place along the Camiño de los Españoles, beginning in Puerto Caracas and ending in the church of St Sebastian, in Maiquetía.
Bishops
= Ordinaries
=Marcial Augusto Ramírez Ponce (1970.04.15 – 1972.12.05), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza (1973.10.02 – 2001.10.18)
José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo (2001.10.18 – 2011.10.12), appointed Bishop of Guanare
Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B. (2013.11.30 - 2024.07.28), appointed Archbishop of Caracas
= Coadjutor bishop
=Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo (1997-1999), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Margarita
= Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
=Ricardo Aldo Barreto Cairo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela in 2019
See also
Roman Catholicism in Venezuela
References
External links
GCatholic.org
Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of La Guaira
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caracas
- List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)
- St. Peter the Apostle Cathedral, La Guaira
- Francisco de Guruceaga Iturriza
- List of Roman Catholic Dioceses in South America
- List of Catholic dioceses in Venezuela
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barquisimeto
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Margarita
- Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo
